Now more than ever it is time to experiment in your ministry. If you have been preoccupied with getting back to business as usual, then give yourself a much-needed break.
Ministry is in a rebuilding/rethinking process and it may take several attempts to find a new course for your ministry. Be prepared to focus and be persistent. Take notes and when you start to get traction then learn to scale your ministry to the next level.
You are ready to go for Senior Sunday except for maybe a few details, some errands, and of course, the annoying last-minute text wondering if it is too late to turn in information.
So, I hesitate to be an interruption to your well-oiled machine, but I’ve been thinking about something that I wanted to bounce off of you.
The best time to plant an oak tree was 10 years ago, the next best time…………………..today!
Senior Sunday has the potential to be one of the high moments in our student ministries but often it just isn’t. I’ll be the first to admit that each year I fight the tendency to say, “Who is this kid?” or
“Where have they been?” and leave it at that rather than enjoying their class legacy.
Do you have students with leadership potential and you’re just not sure how to train them? Or maybe you have a student leadership team, and you’re looking to give a couple of kids an opportunity to take the next step in leadership? What if you could roll leadership development into your overall camp experience?
Student ministry is a lot to handle. When your group meets, there are many things on your mind. Having a student leadership team allows you to have other people in the room who knows what’s going on and can help make things happen. You have a choice in your ministry to build the ministry on yourself and your skills or build it on the leadership and skills of others.
This is the time to gather.
We have focused so much attention on trying to bring our churches back that we are exhausted. Again.
Easter is no exception. Sunday will be an incredibly special day and for this year will carry the emotion of so much more. The resurrection is the message without any question however, along with the celebration of the resurrection there will be a celebration of community.
I’ll be honest, once Spring Break arrives, I’m totally distracted. I am living summer even though it is weeks away!
A friend once told me that for the church, summer starts at Daylight Savings time (that is this Saturday by the way). You may notice that you are having more trouble vying for the attention of your students. This is normal.
